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Palm Beach County Fire Rescue was created on October 1, 1984, when the Palm
Beach County Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution consolidating
the existing fire districts in Palm Beach County.

Prior to 1984 the following fire districts were in existence, covering mostly
unincorporated Palm Beach County:

Jupiter-Tequesta

Juno Beach

Old Dixie

Military Park

Southwest

Trail Park

Reservation

Del Trail

Canal Point

Palm Beach International Airport

These departments consolidated, under the leadership of Chief Herman Brice, into
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Most of the incorporated cities, unless they
were under a contract with a fire district, retained their own departments.